Terminal fitting with stabilizers and connector

Abstract

First and second stabilizers ( 26, 33 ) project on a main body ( 11 ) of a terminal fitting ( 10 ) while being spaced apart in a direction intersecting with a front-back direction. The first stabilizer ( 26 ) has a front end extending steeply in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front-back direction and the second stabilizer ( 33 ) has a front end part ( 38 ) inclined to recede. The front end part ( 38 ) of the second stabilizer ( 33 ) is more forward than the first stabilizer ( 26 ) so that the front end of the second stabilizer contacts a facing wall surface of a connector housing ( 60 ) before the first stabilizer ( 26 ) when an insertion posture is incorrect.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A terminal fitting, comprising a tubular main body to be inserted into a cavity of a housing from behind, first and second stabilizers projecting on the main body while being spaced apart in a direction intersecting a front-back direction, insertion of the terminal fitting into the cavity being guided by the stabilizers in guiding grooves communicating with the cavity in the housing and being prevented by contact of a front end of at least one of the stabilizers with a facing wall surface of the housing when an insertion posture is incorrect, wherein:
 the first stabilizer being formed by cutting and bending a part of the main body and having a front end formed by an edge of a plate of the terminal fitting in a plate thickness direction, the front end of the first stabilizer extending steeply in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front-back direction, a rear end of the first stabilizer defines a lance receiving portion that contacts a locking lance formed in the cavity of the housing to prevent the terminal fitting from coming out of the cavity and the second stabilizer having a front end inclined to recede; and 
 a front end position of the front end of the second stabilizer is before the first stabilizer so that the front end of the second stabilizer contacts the facing wall surface of the housing earlier than the first stabilizer when the insertion posture is incorrect. 
 
     
     
       2. A connector with the terminal fitting of  claim 1 , wherein a rear part of the cavity of the housing is formed as a rubber plug accommodating portion having a larger diameter than a front part, the cavity of the housing is formed with a tapered guiding surface gradually reduced in diameter from the rear part toward the front part, and the front end part of at least one of the stabilizers contacts the guiding surface when the main body is in an incorrect insertion posture. 
     
     
       3. A terminal fitting formed from a metal plate and having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a longitudinal direction and a tubular main body adjacent the front end, the main body comprising:
 a first stabilizer projecting out from a first wall of the main body and having a front end defined by an edge of the metal plate that is aligned at a first angle that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and spaced from the front end by a first distance, the first stabilizer further having a rear end aligned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction for defining a lance receiving portion that contacts a locking lance formed in a cavity of a housing to prevent the terminal fitting from coming out of the cavity; and 
 a second stabilizer projecting out from a second wall of the main body that intersects the first wall, the second stabilizer having a front end defined by a surface of the metal plate and being aligned at a second angle to the longitudinal direction and spaced from the front end by a second distance, the second distance being less than the first distance and the second angle being sloped more gradually than the first angle.